ON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1987
UNDERSTAND,
AT WHAT NO
NOT DIFFICULT TO HE ADDED THAT THIS WAS PERHAPS GIVEN THAT INDUSTRIALISTS WISHED TO AVOID PLACING THEMSELVES TBEY PERCEIVED MIGHT BE A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE, WHEN THERE WAS COMPULSION ON THEIR COMPETITORS TO DO THE SAME.
I
MR CHAMBERS SAID PUBLICITY MATERIAL ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTROL ORDINANCE AND THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL WATER POLLUTION
TENANTS OF THE ORDINANCE HAD BEEN WIDELY CIRCULATED AND PROSPECTIVE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES WERE PROVIDED
INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS.
WITH
ON
THROUGH
EVERY OPPORTUNITY IS TAKEN TO
INDUSTRY BRIEF
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRINICAL JOURNALS AND PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS, DIVISION OF THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS SUBVENTED BY
WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL THE GOVERNMENT AND WORKS CLOSELY
PROTECTION OF DETAILED ADVICE ON INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENT, 18
PRIME A
SOURCE
POLLUTION PROBLEMS, HE SAID.
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IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO MINIMISE THE ECONOMIC OF POLLUTION CONTROLS AND TO EMPHASISE TO INDUSTRIALISTS THAT
PLANT ACCEPTABLE ENVIRONMENTALLY
IS OFTEN
IMPACT MODERN, MORE EFFICIENT AND
COST-EFFECTIVE.
"MOREOVER, UP TO 70 PER
CENT OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT
IN NEW
PLANT IS, 1 UNDERSTAND, TAX DEDUCTIBLE, HE ADDED,
MR
CHAMBERS
WAS PREVENTION
GIVEN
POINTED OUT
MUCH ALTHOUGH
ASSISTANCE
UNDERTAKINGS INDUSTRIAL TO OF POLLUTION WAS PART AND CONTROLS, EFFICIENT OPERATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE.
THAT
ADVICE AND
ON PARCEL
POLLUTION
OF
THE
**INDUSTRIALISTS
THEMSELVES MUST,
THEREFORE BE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLLUTION WHICH THEY CAUSE. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COST OF SUCH POLLUTION TO BE A GENERAL CHARGE ON THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN AN INDIRECT CHARGE THROUGH
THE PRODUCT;
THAT
то 19
THE EXTENT
FOR
THAT
ADDITIONAL
THE COST OF ARE COSTS
**
HE SAID.
INVOLVED, WHICH IS BY NO MEANS ALWAYS THE CASE,
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